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cassierbarton.bsky.social
Statistician at the House of Commons Library. Housing, demography and the census. I also make a lot of dashboards but they're the good kind, I swear.
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English cows go “moo”, while French cows go “meuh”, and Korean cows go “음메”. Our newest project takes a look at how animal sounds translate across languages and cultures. pudding.cool/2025/03/lang...

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Rough sleeping in England - Causes and statistics https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10173/

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Here's an overview of women's employment, pay and participation in business in the UK, for all your International Women's Day needs: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

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There's no way "over half of Gen Z want a dictator" - our new study gets more like 6% This is vital to get right - we're sowing generational division, giving fake momentum to the sense that young people are rejecting democracy + missing the real message theconversation.com/only-6-of-ge...

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How do constituencies with different demographics vote? I've updated this interactive I made a few years ago with data for current constituencies, and the 2024 general election. Explore patterns by age, housing tenure, household type and more: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/census-data-...

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How do constituencies with different demographics vote? I've updated this interactive I made a few years ago with data for current constituencies, and the 2024 general election. Explore patterns by age, housing tenure, household type and more: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/census-data-...

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And a paper for fans of historical marriage data *and* historical MP data. The paper concludes "a woman’s marriage to a commoner reduced her blood relatives’ probability to be elected MP in the following years."

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Dishonest charts are coming from all directions, and they're only going to hit harder. Unless we push back. So, an interactive guide: Defense Against Dishonest Charts flowingdata.com/projects/dis...

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Things I want to know after playing around with other countries' data: - Why did twin births peak in the mid-2010s in so many places? - Why has Japan had so few twins historically? - What's up with the Chilean Twin Spike of 1983?

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There's a Westminster Hall debate on 'housing targets in rural areas' this week. We've published a debate pack with background on the targets, and analysis of the distribution of indicative housing need between rural and urban areas 👇

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I enjoyed attending the first UK Statistics Assembly with colleagues yesterday. A full-on day of stats opinions that I'm still digesting! We don't always get to talk to other stats users much, so it was reassuring to hear that lots of other users have the same experiences and concerns as we do.

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Looking for information about your constituency? The Commons Library can help. Get the facts on key data for your local area, including population, house prices and broadband speeds. 🔎Explore now: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/constituency...

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There are big differences in the age of local populations across the country. The oldest parts of the country are generally rural and coastal areas, while cities, particularly those with large universities, are significantly younger. Read more➡️ https://buff.ly/4h3zaSB

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Campop blog #28: Recently, Boxing Day has had fewer births than any other day of the year. Today's blog explores the seasonality of births & marriages since 1540, and the changing influences of work, religion, holidays and taxation @camunicampop.bsky.social www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2024/12...

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This month I've been collaging a weird little guy for each day, in an attempt to stave off midwinter madness. Not sure if it worked, but here are some of my favourites.

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Constituency data - Pension Credit claimants https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/constituency-data-pension-credit-claimants/

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There are still a few (free!) tickets left for the UK Statistics Assembly in January. Hope to see lots of like-minded stats people there. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-statist...

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I always find Spotify Wrapped kind of embarrassing. Partly because I have to read sentences like this, and know that I brought them on myself...

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Today the GLA published its annual ‘Housing in London’ report data.london.gov.uk/housing/hous.... It has 70 pages of analysis and data visualisations and I think you should read the whole thing, but here is a thread with some of the key findings.

submitted 121 days ago • 6 comments

I think the main thing these kinds of findings show is how hard it is to get survey respondents to focus on "how much?" questions, without their answers drifting into "which things do I think are most disproportionate?" or "which things have caught my attention most?"

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New constituency data dashboard update! Find census data on how many households in your constituency were single people, families with children, older people and more. commonslibrary.parliament.uk/constitunecy...

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The Commons Library briefing on the Renters' Rights Bill has been published - second reading scheduled for next week commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

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The Commons Library briefing on the Renters' Rights Bill has been published - second reading scheduled for next week commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

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Following some confusion on my part between department IDs and answering body IDs, @mhclg-answers.bsky.social is now up and running. It will - should? - post whenever the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government answer a written parliamentary question or correct an earlier answer

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Love this - "The secret to living to 110 was, don’t register your death" theconversation.com/the-data-on-...

submitted 179 days ago • 5 comments

🏠 Just published another census dashboard update. We now have data available for all UK constituencies on home ownership, private renting, and social renting: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/constituency...

submitted 189 days ago • 4 comments

Constituency census dashboards we've done so far: 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️LGBT+ people ⛪🕌Religion 🌍🌏Country of birth 🙋🏼🙋🏿‍♂️Ethnicity 💂🎖️Veterans Still to come: 🏡🏢Housing tenure 👬🧑‍🍼Household composition 💼💷Economic activity And more... All UK- or GB-wide datasets (often a right pain to put together)!

submitted 195 days ago • 3 comments

This week I updated our dashboard with constituency data from the 2021 census on LGBT+ people. It now has data for the new constituency boundaries, as well as incorporating data from censuses in Scotland and Northern Ireland for the first time commonslibrary.parliament.uk/constituency...

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